wpsnoop: fix Fred theme conflicts, errors & issues

When the theme Fred conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.


Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Fred, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Fred.


Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Fred leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does Fred version 1.5.46 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Fred to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.5.46 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.5.46 of Fred behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this theme but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Fred by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this theme there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Which new files does Fred add to WordPress?

This section will populate with a table showing an icon, size and filepath.

Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/themes/fred/ 1.41MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/404.php 211.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/archive.php 276.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/ 429.36kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/css/ 35.97kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/css/customizer.css 210.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/css/editor-style.css 35.76kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/fonts/ 208.53kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/fonts/opensans-700.woff 61.05kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/fonts/opensans-700.woff2 45.36kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/fonts/opensans-regular.woff 58.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/fonts/opensans-regular.woff2 43.66kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/icons/ 123.11kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/icons/icons.svg 42.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/icons/icons.ttf 13.34kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/icons/icons.woff 13.42kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/icons/selection.json 53.81kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/js/ 61.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/js/flickity.pkgd.min.js 52.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/js/ofi.min.js 3.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/assets/js/theme.js 5.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/comments.php 859.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/footer.php 1.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/functions.php 4.23kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/header.php 760.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/ 80.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/actions.php 856.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/assets.php 2.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/customizer.php 2.69kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/filters.php 1.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/inline-styles.php 512.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/load-more.php 6.02kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/meta-box.php 2.14kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/partials.php 2.71kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/plugins.php 1.78kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/post-meta.php 2.85kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/reading-time.php 2.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/sanitize.php 1.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/social-links.php 1.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/template-comments.php 4.31kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/template-functions.php 738.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/template-tags.php 419.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/ 45.29kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/archive-settings.php 6.23kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/design.php 857.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/footer-settings.php 1.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/header-settings.php 620.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/homepage-settings-image-slider.php 11.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/homepage-settings.php 7.07kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/miscellaneous.php 2.41kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/page-settings.php 1.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/post-settings.php 4.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/site-identity.php 51.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/theme-mods/social-links.php 9.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/inc/widgets-init.php 755.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/index.php 216.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/languages/ 12.85kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/languages/fred.pot 12.85kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/page.php 1.07kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/readme.txt 1.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/screenshot.png 779.45kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/search.php 300.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/searchform.php 639.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/sidebar.php 258.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/single.php 1.06kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/style.css 102.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/ 22.63kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/archive.php 2.81kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/content-archive.php 4.10kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/content-homepage.php 4.13kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/content-page.php 1.24kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/content-post.php 2.47kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/header.php 473.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/homepage-image-slider.php 1.52kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/homepage.php 2.56kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/offcanvas.php 678.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/page-header.php 1.10kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/post-author.php 779.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/fred/template-parts/post-prev-next.php 819.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Fred add to WordPress?

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress theme Fred?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Fred?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
current_theme Potential conflict with 8753 plugins or themes
post_views_counter_settings_display Potential conflict with 2 plugins or themes
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
theme_switched Potential conflict with 8753 plugins or themes
wpseo_titles Potential conflict with 3 plugins or themes
theme_mods_fred The theme_mods_fred option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use Fred may or may not create more options depending on how the theme is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

What new PHP functions does Fred declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
update_post_reading_time 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare update_post_reading_time()
vs_activated_plugin 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_activated_plugin()
vs_activated_theme 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_activated_theme()
vs_adsense_enqueue_scripts 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_adsense_enqueue_scripts()
vs_ajax_load_more 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_ajax_load_more()
vs_calculate_post_reading_time 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_calculate_post_reading_time()
vs_comment_form_default_fields 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_comment_form_default_fields()
vs_comment_form_field_comment 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_comment_form_field_comment()
vs_comments 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_comments()
vs_content_width 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_content_width()
vs_customize_controls_print_styles 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_customize_controls_print_styles()
vs_customize_register 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_customize_register()
vs_editor_style 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_editor_style()
vs_enqueue_scripts 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_enqueue_scripts()
vs_excerpt_length 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_excerpt_length()
vs_excerpt_more 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_excerpt_more()
vs_get_locale 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_locale()
vs_get_meta_author 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_author()
vs_get_meta_categorys 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_categorys()
vs_get_meta_comments 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_comments()
vs_get_meta_date 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_date()
vs_get_meta_post_views 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_post_views()
vs_get_meta_reading_time 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_reading_time()
vs_get_meta_tags 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_meta_tags()
vs_get_post_reading_time 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_post_reading_time()
vs_get_theme_data 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_get_theme_data()
vs_header_logo 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_header_logo()
vs_header_offcanvas_button 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_header_offcanvas_button()
vs_inline_styles 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_inline_styles()
vs_list_comments 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_list_comments()
vs_load_more_js 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_load_more_js()
vs_load_more_posts 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_load_more_posts()
vs_load_more_query_data 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_load_more_query_data()
vs_mb_layout_options_callback 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_mb_layout_options_callback()
vs_mb_layout_options_save 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_mb_layout_options_save()
vs_meta_boxe_layout_options 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_meta_boxe_layout_options()
vs_more_posts_restapi 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_more_posts_restapi()
vs_move_comment_form_field 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_move_comment_form_field()
vs_navbar_nav_menu 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_navbar_nav_menu()
vs_offcanvas 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_offcanvas()
vs_page_pagination 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_page_pagination()
vs_plugin_set_options 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_plugin_set_options()
vs_register_more_posts_route 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_register_more_posts_route()
vs_sanitize_checkbox 5 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_sanitize_checkbox()
vs_sanitize_link_target 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_sanitize_link_target()
vs_sanitize_number 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_sanitize_number()
vs_sanitize_pagination_type 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_sanitize_pagination_type()
vs_sanitize_sidebar 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_sanitize_sidebar()
vs_sanitize_summary 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_sanitize_summary()
vs_scroll_to_top 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_scroll_to_top()
vs_setup 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_setup()
vs_single_author 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_single_author()
vs_single_prev_nex 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_single_prev_nex()
vs_site_info_center 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_site_info_center()
vs_social_links 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_social_links()
vs_strip_shortcode_from_excerpt 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_strip_shortcode_from_excerpt()
vs_strip_tags_from_excerpt 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_strip_tags_from_excerpt()
vs_widgets_init 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_widgets_init()
vs_header_social 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vs_header_social()

Using Fred from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.


How to install Fred from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp theme install fred


How to activate Fred from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Fred after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp theme install fred --activate


How to reinstall Fred from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Fred which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp theme install fred --force


How to update Fred to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp theme update fred


How to delete Fred from the command line with WP-CLI

wp theme delete fred --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Fred?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Fred from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Fred

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Fred. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.